Veil.



I. SIL'VERBERG. VE IL.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 20. 191B.

Patented Feb. 4, 1919.

T UFM ISIDORE SILVERBERG, OF FAR ROCKAWAY, IMPORT GOMPANY, INCORPORATED,

VEIL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 4, 1919.

Application filed April 20, 1918. Serial No. 229,784.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IsmoRE SILvERBERo, a citizen of the United States of America, 311C} resident of Far Rockaway, in the county 0 Queens and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Veils, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a veil adapted to be used by women to cover the face, or face and front hair, or face and hat, as the purpose ofuse may require.

I have illustrated my invention in the accompanying drawings designating the parts by letters and referring to like parts by like letters.

Figures 1 and 2 are both perspective views, the first illustrating the manner in which the veil is applied and the second showing the veil applied and covering the face and hat of the wearer.

it indicates the veil which is preferably of open work textile fabric, with a large mesh and Woven of delicate fibers, but of course it maybe of any suitable material. I) is an elastic cord of rubber or other elastic material secured to the edge of the veiling, said cord being circuitous. A convenient way of attaching the cord to the veiling is to weave the same into the adjacent meshes of the material along the edge thereof and secure the ends of the cord together, but of course the cord may be woven into the fabric or otherwise secured thereto.

The veil is generally applied by placing one edge thereof under the chin as illustrated in Fig. 1 and with the hands distending the same to embrace the upper part of the head or head and hat as the case may be,

and Withdrawing the hands, thus leaving the veil in place as a face covering as well asservlng the purpose of holding the ham or hat, or both, in place against disturbance by the wind or otherwise.

I am aware that hair nets of textile material and provided with a circuitous elastic cord substantially like the veil described by me have been used to confine the hair at the back of the head or on the top thereof, but I believe that I am the first to suggest the use of such nets as a veil is used over the face and head in position beneath the chin, and over the front part of the head or hat as the case may be for the dual purpose of protecting or ornalnenting the face of the wearer, or for any other purpose for which a veil may be worn and at the same time confining the front hair and holding the hat or other head covering in position.

I therefore do not claim such netting with elastic confinement broadly for any purpose, but I have limited my claim to the use of said article as a veil and for the specific purpose and uses stated, with the dual purpose of covering the face, or face and head covering, and securing the same under the chin of the wearer and over the head or head covering as the case may require. -What I claim is:

A veil' for the purposes described comprising a piece of open mesh fabric of a size to cover the face and head of the wearer. provided around its entire outer edge with an elastic cord secured thereto whereby said veil is retained in proper position in use, solely by said elastic cord.

that is to say, as a veil Signed by me at New York city, N. Y,"

lVitnesses FLORENCE ATEN Ives, MARGARET VoGnL.

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